Life Insurance Policies (UTAH)
Under a 20-pay whole life policy, in order for the policy to pay the death benefit to a beneficiary, the premiums must be paid for what time of period ?
For 20 year or until the insured's death, whichever occurs first
What is the main advantage of converting from group life insurance to individual coverage ?
Evidence of insurability is not required
What does 'LEVEL' refer to in level terms insurance ?
Face amount
What policy component must decrease in decreasing term insurance ?
Face amount
A policy states that it will pays a specified face amount if the insured dies during the 20 years premium-paying period and nothing if death occurs after the 20 year period. What type of policy is this ?
20 year level term
What type of premium is charged on a straight life policy ?
A level premium for the life of the insured
Who is insured under a juvenile life policy ?
A minor
The policy owner of a whole life insurance policy is also the insured. What age must the insured attain in order to receive the policy's face amount ?
Age 100
Group life insurance policies are written as what type of insurance ?
Annually renewable term
The death protection component of a universal life policy is expressed as what type of coverage ?
Annually renewable term
In variable universal life insurance, to what policy component does the term 'variable" refer ?
Cash value and death Benefit
What happens to the cash value when a whole life insurance policy matures ?
Cash value is paid to the policy owner
What type of life insurance policy can be changed from a policy with no cash value to one that generates cash value ?
Convertible term
An individual has just borrowed $10,000 on a 5 - year note from his bank. The note is due in installment. What type of life insurance policy would be best suited to this situation ?
Decreasing Term
What type of life insurance is best suited to cover a mortgage ?
Decreasing Term
If an employee wants to join group life insurance coverage outside of the open enrollment period, what would the employee have to provide ?
Evidence of insurability
When the amount of insurance is increased in an adjustable life policy, what will the insurer require the insured ?
Evidence of insurability
What are the characteristics of a group that underwrites will consider before issuing a group life policy ?
Group's purpose, size, financial strength and turnover
Universal life policies have two types of interest rates. What are they ?
Guaranteed and current
During partial withdrawal from a universal life policy, which portion, if any, will be taxed ?
Interest earned on the withdrawn cash value
What type of life insurance policy is Life Paid-up at age 65 ?
Limited-pay Whole Life
A whole life policy that requires that the policy owner only pays premiums for a specified number of years is known as what kind of policy ?
Limited-pay whole life
What are the 'LIVING BENEFITS" of whole life insurance ?
Loan values
What universal life options has a gradually increasing cash value and a level death benefit?
Option A
What are the death benefit options in universal life policies ?
Option A-level death benefit and option B - increasing death benefit
What is the major difference between the most common types of whole life policies: Straight life, Limited Payment and Single premium ?
Premium payment mode
What type of whole life insurance policies only requires a payment of premium at its inception, and in addition to providing insurance protection for the life of the insured, endows at the insured's age 100 ?
Single Premium whole life
What type of whole life insurance policy generates immediate cash value ?
Single Premium whole life
Regarding taxation, does the cash value of a universal life policy accumulate ?
Tax deferred
What type of life insurance policy offers pure death protection ?
Term
What elements of an adjustable life policy can be changed by the policy owners ?
The amount and payment period of the premium, the face amount, and the period for protection
A policy owner borrowed a portion of cash value from his whole life policy. If the loan is not repaid, how will that affect the death benefit to the beneficiary ?
The amount of the loan will be subtracted from the death benefit
Who owns a group life insurance contract ?
The employer (SPONSOR OF THE GROUP)
Whole life insurance policies mature when the insured reaches the age of 100. if the owner of a whole life policy dies at age 80, and there are no outstanding loans on the policy, what portion of the death benefit will be paid to the beneficiary ?
The full death benefit
In annually renewable term policies, what is the annual premium based upon ?
The insured's attained age
Who is entitled to the cash values in a life insurance policy ?
The policy owner
What happens to the premium in an annually renewable term life policy ?
The premium increases with each renewal
How is the premium determined in a joint life insurance policy ?
The premium is based on the average age of the insureds
In term policies, what happens to the premium throughout the term of the policy ?
The premium remains level
Why are policy loans not available on term life insurance ?
There is no cash value to borrow against
What is the purpose of establishing the target premium for a universal life policy ?
To prevent the policy from lapsing
Under option B in Universal life policy, What happens to the death benefit ?
Under option B, the death benefit increases each year by the amount of the cash value increases
Between adjustable life and universal life policies, which one provides more flexibility to the policy owner ?
Universal Life
In what type of life insurance policies can the policy owner skip premium payments without the policy lapsing ?
Universal Life
In a joint life policy, when is the death benefit paid ?
Upon the first death
When would a 20-pay whole life insurance endow ?
When the insured reaches age 100
When does an adjustable life policy accumulate cash value ?
When the premiums paid are more than the cost of the policy
If an insured terminates membership in group life insurance, to what type of insurance can the insured convert the coverage ?
Whole Life
What type of life insurance policy provides permanent protection ?
Whole Life
Whole life policies provide protection until the insured reaches what age ?
age 100
